BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2810, 27 March 1882, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

I [Rbotbb’b Aqbn,ot,} ' ~ .; -ATSchool-"bf'Miiafg.' 1 * ■ , t A m66tmg for the .purpose of considering the proposal for a new College ■•o£ Music was, held this eveni|igi‘ Thbs | Prince "of Wales'presided',, and theV,. ■'were presentV ; Ijirge _ number of, di?tinguished persons, and many colonists : : resident' in England, including Earl Kimberley, Secretary' ofi State, Sir H. 'Parkes, and the Agents-Qenerol for the colonies. t Several of the speakers on the occasion appealed to the, colonies ! to cO-6perate jin the iobjeots of the mooting, and resolutions were passed with a ■' view totheformation-of thA'proposed"”'-’ College. 1,5 - Successful Ballooning. .. ~ .

Mr Burnaby, who' recently ascended from England in the balloon Eclipse, has successfully crossed the English Channel. He landed- to*day in the neighborhood of Caen. Submission of tlie Basutda-" The “Daily News” to-day published a telegram from the Cape stating that the. Basutos are submitting freely and are paying, the required toitho., ■;> officials of the Cape Government. Pair Traders- \|/ ■' In 1 the House of Commons to-day a motion introduced by -Mr C. T. Eitchie, Conservative member for the Tourer Hamlets, on hebalt of the fair traders, for the appointment of an Committee of Enquiry into tho effects of ioi : .. 1 tariffs on British trade was, after a. lengthy debate,: negatived on i division. The motion was supported by ford Northcote and other loading Conservatives.,, ObituaryHenry Wadsworth Longfellow-, poet, 1 aged 75. ‘ '

Commercial-

* Consols are,at 10l£. Hew Zealand securities are firm at. last quotations. The total reserve in notes and bullion .. in the Bank of England is £15,000,000.' There are no changes to report in the colonial produce market. Twelve thousand two hundred bales were catalogued at to-day’s wool auo tion, the tone of which was strong. Superfine : and finest: qualities of all classes of wool are .firmer. 11,600 bales have been withdrawn from sale since the opening of the series.